RESULT
2nd T20I, Wellington, November 03, 2019, England tour of New Zealand
(19.5/20 ov, T:177) 155

New Zealand won by 21 runs

Player Of The Match
3/25
mitchell-santner
Cricinfo's MVP
127.38 ptsImpact List
chris-jordan
New
ENG
Full commentary

5,35pm: Andrew Miller's report is ready for you all to feast on here, and that will be it from us for today. Thanks for your company, and we'll be back on Tuesday as the series moves to Nelson at 1-1. See you then!

Mitchell Santner is man of the match: "It's obviously nice to get a few poles and for the lads to get a win. When the fielders are backing the bowlers up it makes it that much easier. We just needed to improve a little bit in all three aspects [from Christchurch]. We needed to adapt our plans a little bit but we managed that."

England skipper Eoin Morgan: "The Blackcaps played really well. I thought we bowled really well to them. We didn't bat or field anywhere near what we did the other day. On this ground in particular, you probably take a little more risk than usual because of the dimensions, but I thought New Zealand bowled well and made us hit to the longer side. We need to continue a positive, aggressive mindset. It's important to make mistakes - the most important part is to learn from them. If young lads can continue to do that early in their international career, they'll do well."

New Zealand captain Tim Southee: "We saw how deep they can bat with Jordan coming out later in the innings. You're always looking at ways to get better. There's subtle changes throughout the series when you're changing the sizes of the ground. There's still room for improvement in all three areas but... we can continue playing the brand of cricket we want to."

Dawid Malan has been speaking to Sky: "We fielded really badly, we dropped a lot of wickets, myself included. I know we had to go, the rate was up to 11 or 12 an over, but we lost wickets regularly. We probably have ourselves to blame for that. We fielded really well in the first game, so for us to come here and do what we did today was disappointing. The good thing about the way Morgs and Silvers run the show is they don't put a lot of pressure on you - it's up to us to rectify that problem. We lost three wickets in that Powerplay... we had to rebuild for a little bit, every time that we thought we were in the game we lost a wicket. Myself, Vincey and Sam Billings have been around the squad for four years waiting for these opportunities and they're few and far between - that's why I'm a bit disappointed today, if I'd batted for three or four more overs I could have put us in a position to win this game."

We'll have all the post-match reaction in a moment, but in the meantime check out this card from the WBBL - two stars of the game batting through the innings together.

Prasu: "Catches win matches, verdict of this game." Hard to argue with that, Prasu.

5.24pm: A hectic performance from England, who didn't really look at the races for the most part. Their fielding was ragged again, and they really did look like a side that was missing seven senior players today. New Zealand weren't perfect, but their catching was superb, Guptill, Neesham and de Grandhomme took the attack to an inexperienced England lineup, and Santner brought out his usual array of subtle variations to stymie the run chase.

5.19pm: And that will be that. A much-improved performance from New Zealand. They thought they were 10 runs light at the halfway stage, but after England lost early wickets the hosts were always in control, and Mitchell Santner in particular was superb through the middle. Chris Jordan gave them a late scare, but once he fell it was largely academic.

19.5
W
Mitchell to Rashid, OUT

bowled 'im! The first not-caught dismissal of the innings, Rashid has a big old swing at it and looks back to see his off stump flying

Adil Rashid b Mitchell 4 (6b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 66.66

Michael Todd: "Miracles are far from beyond England. I had the cork out of my champagne bottle with 15 needed of 4! Only a few months ago" Think you're safe now, Michael!

19.4
1
Mitchell to Brown, 1 run

yorker, which is drilled to long-on but it's only one

19.3
Mitchell to Brown, no run

slower ball outside the off stump, looks to slog-sweep it over wide long-on with the front leg out the way but can't get bat on it again

19.2
Mitchell to Brown, no run

looks to hammer this one over long-on but ends up playing a complete air-shot

19.1
Mitchell to Brown, no run

genuine outswinger, slightly full of a length, and Brown throws the bat at it but can't connect

Just the 23 to win off the final over then. Daryl Mitchell to bowl it, just his second of the day

end of over 195 runs
ENG: 154/9CRR: 8.10 RRR: 23.00
Adil Rashid4 (5b)
Pat Brown3 (5b)
Tim Southee 4-0-25-2
Lockie Ferguson 4-0-34-2
18.6
Southee to Rashid, no run

yorker in the channel outside the off stump, and Rashid can't get anything on it

18.5
2
Southee to Rashid, 2 runs

slashes hard at a low full toss outside off, looks to be racing away for four but Ferguson, who is one of several excellent fielders in this NZ side, does well to cut it off

18.4
1
Southee to Brown, 1 run

length outside off again, chopped away out to cover and they scramble through for one. Would have been in all sorts of trouble with a direct hit and the non-striker's end!

18.3
Southee to Brown, no run

wide outside off, length ball. Brown has a flash at it but only manages to connect with the fresh air in the channel

18.2
1
Southee to Rashid, 1 run

squeezed out to the man on the fence at square leg, and they only manage one

Good spot from the comms on TV - every dismissal thus far has been caught. Would be a first in T20Is if that remains the case

18.1
1
Southee to Brown, 1 run

length ball, which Brown works into the leg side just behind square

New Zealand are closing in on victory, while England need a miracle. Southee to finish his spell.

end of over 185 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 149/9CRR: 8.27 RRR: 14.00
Adil Rashid1 (2b)
Pat Brown1 (2b)
Lockie Ferguson 4-0-34-2
Tim Southee 3-0-20-2
17.6
Ferguson to Rashid, no run

back of a length ball outside the off stump, Rashid fends at it but can't connect and it flies through to Seifert

10,000 attendance at the Cake Tin

17.5
1
Ferguson to Brown, 1 run

low full toss on off stump, Brown pushes it to mid-off and sprints through for his first run as an England player

17.4
Ferguson to Brown, no run

Brown has no idea what to do with this, and is playing three shots at once... ends up inside-edging into his pad and it squirts out to point

One wicket away...

17.3
W
Ferguson to Mahmood, OUT

oops, not this time! Length outside off, Mahmood looks to work it through the leg side but is late on it again, gets a leading edge, and it spoons up to cover where Southee takes a simple catch

Saqib Mahmood c Southee b Ferguson 4 (3b 1x4 0x6 2m) SR: 133.33
17.2
4
Ferguson to Mahmood, FOUR runs

flashes hard, and it races away past the outstretched Seifert! Mahmood's first runs in international cricket, or in T20 cricket for that matter... they all count!

17.1
Ferguson to Mahmood, no run

fast, length ball outside off, Mahmood fishes at it and is beaten for pace

Rashid or bust for England here - Saqib and Brown are both genuine tailenders

end of over 1710 runs • 1 wicket
ENG: 144/8CRR: 8.47 RRR: 11.00
Adil Rashid1 (1b)
Tim Southee 3-0-20-2
Mitchell Santner 4-0-25-3
16.6
W
Southee to Gregory, OUT

looks to go again, runs his fingers down it again, Gregory doesn't read it this time and slices this straight up to mid-off in the circle where de Grandhomme takes his fourth catch of the afternoon!

Lewis Gregory c de Grandhomme b Southee 15 (15b 0x4 1x6 25m) SR: 100
16.5
6
Southee to Gregory, SIX runs

slightly full of a length outside off and that is the Lewis Gregory that Somerset fans know and love! Knuckleball I think, just about picked it and moosed down the ground over long-on

16.4
2
Southee to Gregory, 2 runs

length ball, Gregory slugs it out leg side but the man at deep square cuts it off and the throw is fired in

Win Probability
NZ 100%
NZENG
100%50%100%NZ InningsENG Innings

Over 20 • ENG 155/10

Adil Rashid b Mitchell 4 (6b 0x4 0x6 16m) SR: 66.66
W
New Zealand won by 21 runs
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